Execute a Create Table Query through the JPA EntityManager

Question

I need to create a new Table in a Database I access through a JPA EntityManager. Do JPA NativeQueries support Queries other than \"Select\" or \"Update\"? Or is there anothe

Answer 1

JPA (at least Hibernate) can let you execute DDL statements directly using createNativeQuery() and executeUpdate() as follows:

EntityManager em = ...;
em.createNativeQuery("CREATE TABLE FOO (FOO_ID NUMBER)").executeUpdate();
em.createNativeQuery("DROP TABLE FOO").executeUpdate();

It's not ideal, but you can do it.